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Carol Ann & Bronx | Register Now

Carol Ann & Bronx | Register Now

Watch the video below to see Carol Ann and her third PADS dog Bronx. Tune in to hear Carol Ann speak about how easily Bronx has been able to transition as her needs have changed. Bronx’s ability to adapt so well to her new power chair from her old manual chair...
Bonnie & Gucci | July 21

Bonnie & Gucci | July 21

Β Gucci and Bonnie have been a team since July of 2019. Bonnie Describes Gucci as very obedient and a real pleaser. Join us as we hear more about their first year of...
Giving Tuesday Now

Giving Tuesday Now

It’s been a challenging time for so many in our community, but our gratitude overflows at the way our village has pulled together to continue our important work. Some are facing extreme financial challenges, others are saving money by staying at home and not...
WestJet Gift of Flight Raffle

WestJet Gift of Flight Raffle

We’re excited that our friends at WestJet are helping us change lives yet again by giving you a chance to go on the trip of your dreams! One lucky raffle winner will win the WestJet Gift of Flight – one return trip for two (2) to any scheduled WestJet destination!

Pacific Blue Cross

Pacific Blue Cross

Pacific Blue Cross is changing lives! $10K donation funds foundations of new PTSD Program Pacific Blue Cross has kindly presented PADS with a $10K donation. This generous donation will help fund the program development of our new PTSD Program for first responders and...
30 Stories for 30 Years – Mike

30 Stories for 30 Years – Mike

PADS is a family that comes together and accomplishes a common goal, to help people in our community that can benefit from an assistance companion. They are not β€œjust dogs”. Each companion we raise is as unique as each person you know, they communicate differently, they show affection differently, they express sadness differently, but they love unconditionally!

30 Stories for 30 Years – Rebekah

30 Stories for 30 Years – Rebekah

PADS has been the best thing that has happened to me and my family. It has given me a soul-mate that has added a new dimension to my life, and I am eternally grateful to the organization, the training staff, the puppy raisers, the volunteers and the extended family of supporters for all they have done.

30 Stories for 30 Years – Carol

30 Stories for 30 Years – Carol

Early in 2016 my husband and I lost our most beloved dog to cancer. He was a beautiful border collie named Ernie and he was the love of our lives. As anyone who has had to say goodbye to a cherished pet will know, we were heartbroken and bereft. After moping around the house for a few months we decided to take our sad selves off to Mexico for a change of scenery. There, we met a couple from Calgary who told us all about the puppies they raised for this amazing charity called PADS!

30 Stories for 30 Years – Anne

30 Stories for 30 Years – Anne

My life as a vice- principal and teacher of students with special needs is hectic. I worried that raising a puppy would be problematic. My test was to do a 2 month trial with Amber ll from the yellow litter and see how it went. Without question, a puppy at school works! Enter Peony, a golden retriever puppy from the Bush Litter who joined our staff January 2016.

30 Stories for 30 Years – Mac

30 Stories for 30 Years – Mac

What nobody realized yet, was that Mac had already made his choice. He bonded with that volunteer and made it clear over the months of advanced training, that he had chosen her as his person. He did well in class and moved forward in the program, but he was a different, happier dog when the volunteer came to the yellow compound.

30 Stories for 30 Years – Lee

30 Stories for 30 Years – Lee

We were so excited and hoped to get a sweet, little 8-week-old yellow lab only to arrive and be presented with a large gangly 6 month old pup named Santini. I must admit, we were both slightly disappointed as we had been dreaming about puppy breath. Within a week, we realized we had hit the jackpot as Santini knew almost every command in the manual PADS had provided to us. In puppy class, Santini was a rock star and always made us look amazing.

30 Stories for 30 Years – Monica

30 Stories for 30 Years – Monica

I went for an orientation and in the Spring of 2009 I began working Sunday afternoon in the kennel. I remember being there on the first Father’s Day after loosing my father. There I was, sitting on the floor of the Advanced Kennel with Poppy, now working at Canuck Place, with her head on my lap. It helped ease the pain at the loss of my father.

30 Stories for 30 Years – Mintenkos

30 Stories for 30 Years – Mintenkos

A basket of golden retriever puppies on the cover of the Burnaby Now in January 1999 caught Bob’s eye. PADS was looking for puppy raisers for their newest litter (the S litter) – Sarge, Seymour, Strider, Sully, Sadie, Sage, and Sydney. So, we decided to become involved and in late March we got the call that our β€œbaby” had arrived, a chocolate lab named Milhouse.